A little R&B...sadly Roger was killed in 1999, an apparent murder-suicide by his brother. He is credited with using a voice box synthesizer in many of his works.
R&B legend Stevie Wonder originally inspired Troutman to sing through the voicebox, a plastic device, also known as a golden throat or talkbox, which creates a robotlike vocal sound, Robb said. "Roger was influenced by Stevie Wonder -- he saw Stevie Wonder years ago playing the voicebox on television, and he took the thing and modernized it. Roger was the undisputed master of it," he explained.
The band's recordings were sampled by Rappers, leading to royalties.
This song hit number one in 1987.
Originally posted 2007-03-25 12:55:44.
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